To celebrate the Quinquagenary of AHB, he arranged a horizontal of 1963s in Wokingham at The Cantley House Hotel (evenings of Friday 11th and Saturday 12th October 2013) and The Walter Arms (lunch on Saturday 12th), and two evening Champagne tastings for our better halves. Sadly the venue was not able to accommodate all he would have liked to have invited. Diaries had been blocked since early 2012, and bottles had been gathered for most of a decade before that. A splendid weekend indeed.

1963 Dalva Vintage Port
A light apple juice color, not a good sign. The nose reminded me of an aged Dalva white colheita. While the palate was enjoyable with it’s smooth carmel, toffee, and citrus, it was more like an aged white colheita than a ruby port. This bottle was far past it’s best, especially compared to the others in this flight, but was still enjoyable on it’s own.
85 Points